Three districts account for 90 percent of poppy cultivation in Thailand

The Commander of Army
Region 3 Lt. Gen. Somsak Ninbanjerdkul reports that three districts, two in
Tak and Om Koi in Chiang Mai, account for 90 percent of all poppy
cultivation in Thailand.

Nopniwat Krailerg

Third Regional Army Commander Lt. Gen.
Somsak Ninbanjerdkul spoke at a meeting on poppy cultivation in the North
noting that three Northern districts, including one in Chiang Mai, account
for 90 per cent of all poppy grown in the North.

The local organization providing meat and meat products to the Chiang
Mai Night Safari filed a complaint with the Governor’s Office after the
Night Safari cancelled orders from them citing lack of supplies and
price.

Although it
is situated near the bustling Nimmanhaemin Road (at 44,
44/1-2 Soi 12 Nimmanhaemin Road/ tel. 053 222 111), the
Kantary Hills Hotel offers a fairly secluded setting,
because it is set back off a quiet soi.

Surapol Kieatchaiyakorn, Watchara
Tantranont and Prakob Pornprasitkul – of C.M.V.Intertrade Co., Ltd. signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with Gong Xian and other executives of the Yiwu
International Land Port Group and Chinese officials to export agricultural
and consumer products to Zhejiang Province..